Barrel-cleansing machine.



P. RONIBERG.

BARREL CLEANSING MACHINE.

APPLlcATloN FILED sEPT.21. 1912. RENEwsD sEPT.9.1914.

Patented. July 11, 1916.

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PAUL ROIVIBERG, 0F LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

I BARREL-CLEANSING MACHINE.

Application filed September 27, 1912, Serial No. 722,729.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, PAUL ROMBERG, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Leipzig, in Germany, haiie invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Cleansing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrel-cleansing machines of the kind described in the specification accompanyingv my application for patent, Serial No. 575555. In working with these machines it is convenient to partly fill the barrel with water before it is delivered to the brushing apparatus, in order that a preliminary soaking and rinsing of the interior may take place during the external cleansing operation, For this purpose an automatically ascending and descending cock has been used, adapted to enter the bung-hole. With this device, a workman is required to accurately adjust the barrel, so that the cock enters the bunghole.

'.lhe object of the present invention is to provide means whereby these disadvantages are obviated.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of that part Aof the machine which comprises the water filling station and the brushing station with the appliances for transferring the barrel to these stations. Fig. 2 is a planwiew of the same.

The machine illustrated comprises an oscillatory conveyer It, z', of the kind described in my prior specification cited, adapted to pick up barrels introduced into the machine, and to transfer them successively to the roller-station A, and the brushing apparatus B. The barrels placed on an inclined runway Yat the intake end of the machine, are

held back by weighted arms g until the latter are rocked by means of a rod 0 and crank shaft u so as to allow the barrels to roll into position to be picked up by the conveyer. Several barrels are indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing at b1, Z22, 3, b4, b5. I/Vhen the conveyer deposits the barrel at the roller station A., the barrel lies between two inclined adjusting rollers c, symmetrically disposed at the sides of the station so that the revolving barrel is adjusted by contact with the rollers c. This adjustment of the barrel insures that the bung-hole travels in a vertical plane which lies in the path of Specification of Letters Patent.

)Patented July lil, 191MB.

Renewed September 9, 1914-. Serial No. 860,954.

a finder or finger e1 fixed to a pivoted member c. The latter is alternately raised and lowered by levers s and rods t, the levers s being actuated by cams r fixed to the shaft f actuating the conveyer, so that after the depositing of a barrel at the station A the member e is lowered until the finder or iinger el rests on the barrel in the path of the bung-hole, into which it indue course drops, together with a nozzle 761, which is attached to the member e and is connected by a flexible union to a water pipe 7c. The lower position of the member e is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. After the lowering of the member e a cam a fixed to the shaft f teinporarily opens a valve o, which allows water to flow through the pipe le and nozzle 791 into the barrel.

In order to prevent waste of water in case no barrel is delivered to the station A, the pipe is provided with a stop-valve l arranged so that it is closed by the member e when the latter, owing to the absence of a barrel at station A, descends below the end position which it occupies when treating barrels of the smallest size. The valve 1 is normally held open by a weighted lever arm; when closed, it prevents the flow of water yto the nozzle 701, notwithstanding the opening of the valve o.

rl`he shafts f and a are actuated by means of suitable gear from a longitudinal shaft fw.

It will ybe observed that a feature of importance lies in combining the function of a finder and a nozzle in one device, this being accomplished by mounting a combined finder and nozzle upon a single frame so arranged as to cause said finder-nozzle to bear yieldingly upon the exterior of the barrel in the path of movement of the bung-hole, so that the finder linger carried by the nozzle automatically enters the bung-hole and carries with it the attached nozzle. It will be observed that the yielding pressure of the finder-nozzle against the barrel is obtained in my present apparatus by so arranging the devices that the iinder will gravitatingly rest upon the side of the barrel which for the time being is uppermost. It will be further observed that a feature of importance in my apparatus lies in so arranging the combined finder and nozzle that the rotation of the barrel will be arrested with the bung-hole at a point above its under side, whereby the water will be retained in the barrel and be splashed about therein during certain subsequent operations on the barrel by the machine, after which it is allowed to run out through the bung-hole.

In order to prevent water from escaping through the tap-hole the latter may be closed with a bung but in practice it has been found that the amount of water that runs out of the tap-hole is so small that it is not necessary to close the tap-hole. What I claim as my invention and desire to secure byrLetters Patent of the United States is Y 1. A barrel-cleansing machine consisting of a plurality of operating stations and means for effecting the step by step pr0g-,

ress of a barrel therethrough, one of said stations comprising a barrel-seat consisting of rollers, a bung-hole finder, means for moving said finder to and from said seat periodically with the step by step movements of the machine, adjusting means adjacent said seat whereby a barrel deposited and rotated on said seat is adjusted so that its bung-hole'travels through the path of said finder and engages the latter, and

- means operated in conjunction with said finder whereby liquid is delivered into said barrel when the bung-hole is engaged with said finder.

. said finder.

y 3. In a barrel-cleansing machine the combination of a barrel seat consisting of rollers, conveyer 'mechanism for depositing a barrel on said seat, a bung-hole finder, operatively connected to said conveyer mechanism so lthat said finder is moved toward said seat when a barrel is deposited on the latter, guides adjacent said seat whereby a barrel deposited and rotated Von said seat is adjustled. so that its bung-hole travels through the path of said finder and engages the latter, a

nozzleattached to said finder, means for sup- Copes of this patent may be obtained for plying liquid to Said nozzle, a valve which controls said liquid supply means and is opened by said conveyer mechanism when the conveyer has moved past the position for depositing a barrel on said seat, and a second valve controlling said liquid supply means, arranged so that it is closed by said Vfinder when the latter has moved past the position for engaging a bung-hole.

t. A barrel cleansing machine, consisting of a plurality of operating stations and means for effecting the step by step progress 0f...the barrel therethrough, the first one of said stations being a filling-station and comprising a barrel-seat, a bung-hole [indernoZZle and means for supplying water thereto, means for moving said finder-nozzle to and from said seat periodically with the aforesaid step by step movement of the machine, said means being constructed to cause said finder-nozzle to bear yieldingly upon the exterior of the barrel deposited on said barrel-seat at a point above the under side of the barrel, and means for centering the barrel on said seat so that its bung-hole shall travel through the path of the entering end of said finder-'nozzle and be engaged thereby.

5. A barrel cleansing machine, consisting of a plurality of operating stations and means for effecting the step by step progress of the barrel therethrough, the first one of said stations being a filling-station and comprising a barrel-seat, a combined billighole finder and nozzle having a water passage through it, and means for causing said finder-nozzle to bear yieldingly against the exterior of the barrel at an elevated point periodically with the step by step movement of the machine, means for centering the barrel on said seaty so that its bung-hole shall travel through the path of the entering end of said finder-nozzle, whereby when the bung-hole arrives at a point coincident with the finder-nozzle the latter will enter the bung-hole and arrest the rotation of the barrel, and means for automatically delivering water to said finder-nozzle after the same enters the bung-hole and for cutting oli the supply at a predetermined time thereafter.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL RoMBEnG.

IVitnesses RUDOLPH FRIGKE, DORIS KRALL.

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